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Its been a busy few days on the EU budget front with the inconclusive EU leaders’ summit on the EU’s long term budget, and the Commission’s new proposal for the 2013 annual budget (largely unchanged from the version MEPs and member states were un…

On the Telegraph blog, we argue: At a meeting of Europe ministers today, the UK government is set to be outvoted on the size of the EU’s 2013 budget. Having pushed for a freeze without a last-minute deal, Britain will be forced to accept a 2.8 per …

As you may be aware, the Commission last year tabled its proposal for how the EU’s budget should look like over the next long-term budget period (set to run between 2014 and 2020). With the exception of some modestly positive elements – such as a “perf…